X Factor winner James Arthur has lost out to the Justice Collective's Hillsborough charity record in the race for this year's Christmas number one. The supergroup's cover version of He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - with proceeds going to the families of the victims of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster - shifted 269,000 units to take the top spot. And despite an initially close race, the track eventually took a comfortable lead over Impossible, James's debut single, ultimately outselling it by 45,000 copies. Paul McCartney and Robbie Williams are among the artists who feature on the song, along with the likes of Rebecca Ferguson and Paloma Faith. Impossible, which was released two weeks ago just moments after James was crowned X Factor 2012 winner, went straight in at number one last Sunday. The track is the fastest-selling single since former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke's debut effort Hallelujah, which was released in 2008 after her own series victory. James is not the first X Factor champion to miss out on the Christmas number one - and it is the second year running that the Christmas number one has not been by an X Factor star. In 2011 Little Mix peaked a week early with their debut Cannonball, which was dispatched from the top of the Christmas chart by the Military Wives's Wherever You Are. Fellow winner Joe McElderry also missed out in 2009 following a successful Internet campaign to get Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name to the top spot over Christmas.
